EDITING PROCEDURE

• 1. Take out a piece of paper and write the heading. The title will be
DAR Essay editing/SLE 6. This will be a 40 point assignment. You will
be looking for errors on your essay. If you want to get the forty
points, you will need to take the assignment SERIOUSLY.

• 2. Give the paper to one of your classmates. They will read your
draft.

• 3. Then, write a #1 and put CAPITALIZATION.

 CAPITALIZATION
• As you look at your classmates’ work, you
will write down any words that have
capitalization errors on the paper. You will
get five minutes.
• Look for the following:
• 1. Check to see if all of the first words
in their sentences are capitalized.
• II. Then, your classmates will look for
specific people (ex. Susan B Anthony). Make
sure that their names are capitalized.
• III. Then look to see if they capitalized I
when talking about themselves.
• IV. Check to see if they have capitalized
the names of important historical events.
(Women’s Suffrage Movement)
• V. Make sure they have capitalized any
days of the week, months, and holidays.
• VI. If they have mentioned other
countries (ex. Mexico), states (ex. Idaho),
cities (ex. New York), or languages (ex.
French), make sure that these are
capitalized.
 CAPITALIZATION

• Now, have another classmate look, and follow the

same procedure. You will get five more minutes.
 COMMAS
• Put #2 on your paper and write COMMAS

• Now, read your draft to one of your classmates. Classmates, you

will listen carefully.

• If you or your classmate hears a pause in the middle of a sentence,

you probably need a comma there. Highlight the words that should
go before or after the comma in red. If you think a comma should
go there, write it there. If you are not sure, you may raise your hand
and ask me. Write down how you need to fix the sentence on
your paper. I will give you ten minutes.
• Now, read this to one more classmate. Follow the
same procedure. This time you will get five
minutes.
 COMPLETE SENTENCES
• Now, choose another classmate, If you have
• Ex: I was tired I went to sleep.
already read your draft to all of your classmates,
choose one of them again. Write a #3 on your • Instead: I was tired, so I went to sleep.
paper and put COMPLETE SENTENCES. You will
have ten minutes. • If you have MORE THAN TWO complete
sentences joined before you get to the period,
• This time, you will be listening for complete
highlight these in purple. This is a run on
sentences. If you think a sentence is not complete,
sentence. Fix them so that you do not have more
highlight the sentence in blue. If you are not sure,
than two complete sentences before the period.
you may raise your hand and ask me.
• Ex: I went to the zoo, and I saw my friend,
• If you hear MORE THAN ONE complete
and we ate cookies, and….
sentence joined together before you get to the
period, highlight this in green. Put a comma after • Instead: I went to the zoo, and I saw my friend.
the first sentence and add one of these words:
We ate some cookies.
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, or SO.
 COMPLETE SENTENCES

• Now have a classmate do this. You will do the

same thing. This time you will get five minutes.
 SUBJECT VERB
• Now, read your draft to another classmate. Listen to see if the
subjects of your sentences, go with your verbs. If something sounds
wrong, highlight this in orange.

• On the paper, write #4 and SUBJECT/VERB. Write down how

you should change the word. If you are not sure, ask me. You will
have five minutes.

• Ex. I are a farmer

• Instead: I am a farmer.
• Now, read this to another classmate and do the
same thing.
 PRONOUNS
• Now, read to another classmate one more time. Put a #5 and write PRONOUNS. You will get
ten minutes.

• 1. Look for the following words:

• I, He, she, you, we, they,

• These should be the subjects of your sentences OR AFTER words like is, am, are, was, and were.
If not, highlight them in yellow. Think about which words would sound better and write them on
your paper. If you are not sure, you may ask me.

• 2. Also, make sure you have no sentences like these.

• Ex: Me and my friend ate pickles.

• Instead: My friend and I ate pickles.

• I will be looking at your drafts to determine the
language grade. I will need these by 10:00pm
tonight. I will be checking my emails. If you have
any questions, email me before 5:00pm.

• I will be putting this slideshow on the DAR essay

page.